James edward smith



(No Model.)

J. E. SMITH.

BLANK FOR CIGAR PILLERS No. 393,727. V Patented Nov; 27., 1888.

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.Attorney N. FETERSPnhIolflhog-apiw. .Wnhinglon. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICEQ JAMES EDWARD SMITH, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO ADOLPH MOONELIS AND BENJAMIN LIGHTENSTEIN, OF SAME PLACE.

BLANK FOR ClGAR-FILLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,727, dated November 27, 1888.

Application filed September 11, 1888. Serial No. 285,155. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

In the manufacture of long-filler cigars by hand the bunch is built up in the hand by taking the longest pieces of filler that constitute the longitudinal center of the cigar and then arranging around the same different lengths of tobacco, so as to form at the desired place the swellor belly of the bunch, and thus secure the longitudinal contour. The operator determines by feeling with the hand whether the belly of the bunch is properly made, and if the ends of the short pieces of filler have crevices or small spaces, which can be quickly detected by an experienced bunch-maker,the binder is unwrapped and the short pieces of filler readjusted or more filler added to remove the objection, after which the binderis again wrapped around the bunch.

It is the object of my invention to obviate the use of these short filling-pieces to give the cigar the swell or belly, and to prepare the fillers prior to rolling them into bunches in a novel manner, so that the tiller of each bunch will extend continuously from one end to the other, and at the same time secure the external longitudinal contour.

With these ends in view my invention consists of a blank for a cigar-filler made of leaftobacco, having in both of its edges a series of incisions forming a series of projections of a shape conforming to the shape of the cigar to be produced.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved blank for making a cigar-filler, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through a bunch made of a filler 5o embodying my invention.

In another application filed by me on the 19th day of July, 1888, Serial No. 280,430, I have shown and described a method of preparing from leaves of tobacco bunches or fillers for cigars,cheroots, and cigarettes; butin this application I lay claim to the blank constituting the filler per so.

In order to make a filler which will extend continuously from end to end ofthe bunch, and at the same time secure the external contour without resort to the objectionable short filling-pieces, I prepare the blank for making a filler prior to rolling one or more of them together with a binder to form a bunch by removing a part of the blank from each side thereof to lessen the area or quantity at theedges of the same, so that there is less material or stock at the ends of the blank than at the middle of the same.

In Fig. 1, after the leaf of tobacco has been properly stripped and spread out flat, I cut the blank for a filler into a suitable length to make a cigar, cheroot, or cigarette of the desired length, and then produce or cut at each side thereof a series of spaced incisions or cuts, 4 and 5. Each of the series 4 or 5 extends inwardly from the edge of the blank for a suitable distance, and the cuts of each series are uniform in length, and preferably spaced apart at suitable regular intervals, although these characteristics can be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention. The inner ends of the series of cuts terminate at suitable distances from the median line of the blank to leave the middle thereof solid, and I prefer to make the cuts or incisions taper 1ongitudinally,with their outer ends at the edges of the blank wider than at their inner ends, where said cuts terminate in a point, as shown. The length of the two series of tapering cuts or incisions varies according to the shape it is desired to give the bunch.

To make a bunch with blanks prepared in accordance with myinvention it is only necessary to take one or more of the fillers, according to the diameter of the bunch it is desired to make,and then roll said blank or'blanks together into cylindrical shape, a proper binder being of course wrapped around the blank or blanks to confine the same together. The blank is thus made to extend entirely through from I A blank for a cigar-filler made of leaf-toone end to the other of the bunch, and the bacco, having on both of its edges a series of belly thereof is much greater in diameter than incisions forming a series ofprojections of a the ends, which gradually taper, and thus seshape conforming to the shape of the cigar to 15 5 cure the external contour without resort to be produced, substantially as described.

the short filling-pieces, which are necessary in In testimony whereofIailix mysignature in making. the bunch by hand according to the presence oftwo witnesses.

common method. JAMES EDXVARD SMITH.

Having thus fully described my invention, \Vilnesses: IO what I claim as new, and desire to secure by I Li'iwis .TonNs'roN,

Letters Patent, is EDWARD W. S. J'ouNs'roN. 

